Puducherry vs Pune
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Puducherry and Pune.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Puducherry averaged an AQI of 55 while Pune averaged 97 — a 42-point (76%) gap, with Pune the more polluted and Puducherry the cleaner of the two. On 883 days when both cities reported, Puducherry was cleaner on 859 of them; the average daily gap was 93 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Puducherry peaks in December, while Pune peaks in November. Puducherry logged 0% Severe days and 95.4% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Pune was 0.1% Severe and 44.8% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Puducherry 117 days, Pune 92 days.
Year-over-year progress
Puducherry has worsened by 1 AQI points (1.9%) from 2021 to 2024; Pune has improved by 7 AQI points (6.7%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Puducherry reached AQI 274 at Jawahar Nagar (PPCC) on 2022-10-25; Pune hit AQI 435 at Alandi (IITM) on 2024-01-29.
Station-level disparity
Puducherry spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 56, max 56); Pune spans 12 stations with a 54-point spread (min 68, max 122).